What an amazing place and what an amazing legacy to leave behind for us to enjoy. To be quite honest I had never even heard of this place before going on this trip but I am very thankful that I got the opportunity to visit it in person. The thing I most enjoyed is how when Mr Du Pont created a room for the Museum he didn’t just place furniture and objects in it he would actually get the doorways, the trim nd any paneling and move it all over to the room and recreate it. The gardens re also breathtaking and the time and effort put into them is mind blowing I only wish I could see them in the Spring or even the fall.
When it comes to the classroom and how I would use elements of this day in mine, I would have to say the archealogy lesson was by far the best one of the activities we did today. The objects and the flip charts with the big world map integrated several skills which touch on several social studies standards. I might even get more specific with it and narrow it down to Colorado and use objects created here in our state at different times and have the kids figure out when and where it was made.
We finished the day off with a great dinner all together as a big group, I would suggest there be even more big dinners like this on future trips to give the group a chance to mingle with each other.
